bucklehead
92 ( +1 | -1 )The famous Bxh2 gameI'm happy to get the ball rolling with an oldie but a goodie: in Fischer's first WC game against Spassky, he plays 29...Bxh2 which, after Spassky's commonsense 30 g3, drops a bishop for two pawns. He goes on to lose, though most commentators suggest he could have held the draw, but then again we all know who triumphed at the end of the match.

ccmcacollister
167 ( +1 | -1 )A Miniature WIN vs GM FINE ...I chose this game as first on my list just because it is something of a rarity to see a Chess Miniature (20 moves or less) between two very strong Grandmasters, that is NOT a DRAW~! The game is somewhat unique for Fischer also, in the fact that it is the only time he ventured the Evans Gambit against another Grandmaster, or even in serious tournament play, despite having used it 12 other times for simultaneous exhibition, with three losses and one draw in those, having WT each time. All those were in 1964, but the game with Fine was 1963.

Here is the hyperlink which should take you straight to it, I believe. Otherwise, the second URL is the same info, for anyone needing to paste it themself. It may need preceded by the 3w's * * * * * * * * * * *

ccmcacollister
33 ( +1 | -1 )More of the unusual ...RJF wins the ending in his Bird's Opening played vs Smyslov 1970. His only venturing of the WT side, tho a half dozen times he saw it as Black. Fischer-Smyslov

baseline
314 ( +1 | -1 )his last game against GellerGeller might have been Fischer's most implacable foe, racking up a positive score against Bobby. This last game was a real struggle and you might say he was lucky to win it.

mrmarmalade
25 ( +1 | -1 )Tag.. .thank you for posting that game of Fischer with the commentary... it reminds me of why i too will never surpass the 1500 mark for more than a few days at best... if you have more games like that, please post more.

ionadowman
137 ( +1 | -1 )Typical Fischer...... extracting as much out of a given position as he could. It was this attitude of forcing his opponents to "prove" that Fischer's advantage was not enough to win (or, on occasion, to "prove" that they could win), that led to his 6-0 match wins over Taimanov and Larsen. Sooner or later the pressure got too much, and a single slip would cost the opponent the half-point. A classic example from the World Championship match: Game 13. A tremendous battle seemed to be drawing to its close with a piece splitting of the point. Fischer had just played 68...Kd3 - actually an interesting example for the R vs 4P thread: w A few moves earlier a small slip had already made things more difficult for White, but he could still have held the draw with 69.Rc3+! Kd4 70.Rf3 c3+ 71.Ka1 c2 72.Rxf4+ Kc3 73.Rf3+ Kd2 74.Ba3! (...Rxg7 75.Rf1)(=) Instead, White gave the wrong check! 69.Rd1+? Ke2 70.Rc1 f3 71.Bc5 Rxg7 72.Rxc4 Rd7! 73.Re4+ Kf1 74.Bd4 f2 threatening 75...Rxd4, when the rook can not hold the pawns, but if the bishop moves 75...Rd2+ or ...Rd1 settles the matter (e.g.75.Be5 Rd2+ then 76.Kc1 Rc2+ 77.Kd1 b2 or 76.Ka3 Re2 etc). White resigned.

But such an uncompromising approach to the game must have exacted a heavy toll on Fischer himself, too. In making his opponents work hard, he was only making them work as hard as he was. Maybe somewhere in there lies the reason for Fischer's star fading so rapidly after 1972.